Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwi Ko Shane toku papa Ko Heidi toku mama Ko Oceania raua Ko Lyric raua Ko Exzodia aku tuahine Ko Tureti raua Ko Weteni raua Ko Tama aku tungane Ko Heretaunga toku kainga Ko Riverslea toku kura Ko Te Iwi Teneti taku ingoa No reira tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa.
My Goals 2015
February
2014
I am Te Iwi. I like school. I used to go to Paki Paki school but I go to Riverslea now.
My Goals 2014
1.Learn to play cricket. 2. Learn to read books (Level 6 ). 3. Learn to ride a bike on the PUMP track.
November/December We have been very busy with the 4th term activities. -We had a Survivor day, related to our term Inquiry “Survival.” We did relays like Crossing the Road, In the City, Water Safety , Mountain safety etc. The tamariki loved them. Thanks to Sally from Sports HB for lending us all the equipment for 2 afternoons. -We have still been learning with Maths and Writing and Reading. Some children have made amazing progress. A writing focus is on my teacher registration wiki, as it was one of my classroom goals for the year. -We started swimming again in the school pool. All the children are water confident except for one. -We attended the Hakinakina Athletics day at the HB Sports Park against 7 other schools. Some children got placed in their age group. -We all rode in a Double Decker bus to Cornwall park, where we fed the ducks , looked at the birds, played in the playground and had a swim on the Splash pad. -Miharo joined the Preschool for their Xmas party at Inflatable World which they really enjoyed. - Lots of tamariki got trophies at Prizegiving. -The most amazing event though was our trip to Haumoana Zoo. This was again related to our Inquiry, the focus being on Survival and animals. The children fed the lambs, brushed the donkey, said Hello to the talking Cockatiel, led a Llama around the zoo , held rats and guinea pigs and saw 35 different animals and birds. To top it all off they had a fun playground too. -The tamariki have been involved in lots of educational activities and learning as well as outdoor education experiences too. What a busy and fun term it has been. Only the school Disco to go. ( Mrs Bennett)
I liked the Inflatable world and Cornwall Park. They were fun. The best thing was feeding the lambs at the Haumoana Zoo. We saw how the animals and birds survived cause we fed them. I can read up to Level 5 now which is nearly my goal and write nearly half a page of my own story. I can spell some of the words by myself. I am beginning to get good at Maths in class too.(Te Iwi)
October
We can have fun while learning
We went to the A and P show. We had lots of fun there and learnt lots of things. We went to the Farmyard zoo and got to hold and pat lots of baby animals. We went on the rides and found them exciting. It was hard to eat up all our hotdog and drink our drink as they were big. We watched the Ronald MacDonald show. He remembered us from when he came to our school. He was funny and nice to us. We loved Mr Mac and Doug the Digger. Some of us had turns on making the Digger go at the show. At school 2 days before he let us all climb in his big truck. (Room 2 Student Voice)
I went to the show with my Nan . I liked the rides and Ronald MacDonald best (Te Iwi)
September
Goals
1. I am still learning how to play cricket. My Poppa is teaching me. 2. I am reading books up to Level 3 now. 3. I am learning to ride my bike on some of the PUMP track. I have to go slowly so that I don't fall off.
The Arts
We have been talking about the Arts in Inquiry. We know that there are 4 Arts that we do. These are Dance, Drama, Visual Arts such as Crayon and Dye and painting and Music. We have been doing lots of singing. We sing waiata at Assembly every day and in class. Mrs Bennett puts the songs up on a data projector and we sing the words and listen to them on the ipad. We also use instruments as well. We kani kani in class and at lunchtimes, when the music is on. We have been doing lots of visual Art such as crayon and dye, shape pictures, collage, painting, masks and pattern pictures as well as Maori Art. We also learnt the Legends of Maui and the North Island and Maui and the sun, as well as fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs. We had turns saying them back to the class and the preschool. We used finger puppets too. (Class) I liked making my Monster picture. It had scary teeth. Mrs Bennett said my monster picture was great.(Te Iwi)
Writing
I have been learning to write stories. I want to learn to write my own words. I copy what I say to Mrs Bennett at the moment. I am getting better at writing words.(Te Iwi) I have been encouraging Te Iwi to write his own words in stories. He lacks confidence but is improving in copying words and co-ordination. I will keep encouraging him to give it a try. (Mrs Bennett)
August
ipads
I am learning to code on the ipad. I can make animals and people and things I can change them and make them bigger and smaller and move. I can write words and say things and put lots of other things in too.( Te Iwi) I showed the children how to use Scratch Jnr app on the ipad. The children can make a variety of characters and change them accordingly. They can write words or record their voice. I circulate and assist if needed to support or help. They are coding because they are giving the ipad directions and changing things around. Te Iwi loves this learning app and is becoming very successful at it. (Mrs Bennett)
Duffy Theatre
The Duffy Theatre was awesome. It was funny with lots of things happening. They go to 250 schools around the country. Duffy’s Uncle didn’t like reading but Rose and Duffy got him to read a book and that helped him with his Rugby League game and he scored the winning goal. ( Mrs B) I liked watching the Duffy Theatre.( Te Iwi)
Commonwealth Games
We studied the Commonwealth Games when they were on. They were in Scotland in Glasgow. We looked at the Opening and Closing Ceremony on the computer. We all chose a country. Tamihana got the most medals. His team was England. We all liked the swimming and the Cycling. We got lots of medals in the cycling. We talked about all the different sports and practised playing games and sports at school.
July
Matariki 30/6/14 - 3/7/14
It was another amazing Matariki week at Riverslea school 2014. We started Monday with a whanau, school breakfast. Tuesday we had a Hakinakina sports day, that was lots of fun, with Paki Paki and Whare Tapere schools. Wednesday we had a Nanny and Papa day .Miharo had 11 Nannys and Papas visiting our room. Some also helped us to prepare for the Hangi on Thursday. Thursday we had a huge Matariki festival at the school. The children were great with our Kapa Haka and there was a hangi, stalls and other schools and people and whanau as well as Mayfair Kindegarten visiting. We had Camberley, Hastings Intermediate and Karamu perform as well. Henare OKeefe was DJ for part of the morning. The hangi was a highlight with Dads, Koros and whanau helping out. Other whanau helped behind the scenes with all the activities, sausage sizzle for the performers etc. What am amazing successful week. Ka mau te wihi ( Mrs Bennett).
I liked the whanau breakfast andplaying all the games best. I liked the Special Assembly too,as I got a lego prize for making good choices. (Te Iwi)
June
An example of Te Iwi's storywriting.AlsoTe Iwi at PMP.
Learning
I am learning to read harder books. My goal was Level 6 . I am up to Level 2/3 now. I used to be at Level 1 at the beginning of the term. I can copy 2 sentences. I need to learn to write some of my own words now. I don't like writing stories sometimes. I am getting better at playing cricket and also riding my bike on the PUMP track. I can go on it slowly. I like PMP. I am learning to balance. We do cool things. (Te Iwi) I am supporting and motivating Te Iwi with his reading and writing. He needs to build more self confidence. He is capable of writing some of his own words in stories. His reading comprehension is improving. He reads more for meaning now. Next we want to improve his reading levels and motivate him to produce his own stories independently. (Mrs Bennett)
May
Miharo Learning (Literacy and Numeracy)
I am learning to write words and numbers by myself. I can do it on the whiteboards or on the ipads. I like the new Maths apps. I can make patterns and add numbers. I like playing alphabet bingo. I know lots of alphabet letters now. I made a comic life with Parekaawera. I want to learn to write more words and numbers. I can count to 12. ( Te Iwi) Te Iwi likes playing alphabet bingo. He has extra alphabet work in a small group of 4 with Mrs Donaldson 4 days a week to reinforce alphabet names, sounds and related words. Te Iwi is also practising learning and writing numbers both on mini whiteboards and the ipads. He can also use the Maths apps well on the ipad which he enjoys. Te Iwi is learning to recognise numbers to 12. He can orally count and copy numbers. Next he will learn to recognise all numbers up to 15. Te Iwi especially enjoyed the Tuakan-teina activity where he made a comic life on the ipad with Parekaarewa. (Mrs Bennett)
Skipping (Jump Rope For Heart)
I didn't know how to skip. I can do over 10 skips now. I can run and skip like Boyden. I want to get better at skipping. (Te Iwi) The school is involved in a Jump Rope for Heart programme. Most of Room 2 could not skip. All but one can skip forwards now. The tamariki are now learning to jump backwards and do skill jumping such as ski jump and bell jump. Most children can run around the court skipping. One boy who could not skip has gone from no skips to 30 on the spot in just 2 weeks. The programme is for 6 weeks. On June 13th 2014 we will have a Jump Rope for Heart skipping activity afternoon for the children and whanau. Children are setting goals to achieve that afternoon. The emphasis is on participation and fun. ( Mrs Bennett)
April
Goals
I am learning to go round some of the PUMP track. I can play cricket too. I am learning to read books. (Te Iwi) I support Te Iwi by helping him develop his reading skills. He is in a small reading group of 4 so has a lot of individual attention. He has moved up 1 reading level this term so far. I am also giving Te Iwi lots of opportunities to ride around the edge of the PUMP track and play cricket at Interval and lunchtimes. Next Term we will progress to harder levels in Reading. (Mrs Bennett).
Walking Safely
Constable Phil is teaching us to walk safely. We are learning to cross the road safely. We know where to stand and know parts of the road such as the kerb and the gutter.
Duffy Role Model Assembly
We had Diana Queenin as our Duffy Role Model. She talked about Dinosaurs and showed us fossils. She also told us how important it is to read to helpour learning. The children loved the Duffy books that they chose.
ipads
I built a school with Etama on the ipad. It is really big. I had to match the colours and the shapes.(Te Iwi) As part of our Geometry unit in Maths the children had to build either a school or a house in pairs. They had to use attributes such as shapes,pattern,direction,size and colour. The children worked well together and enjoyed the activity. ( Mrs Bennett)
Prizegiving
Te Iwi got a Duffy book award at the end of Term One Assembly. This was for being on task, listening and participating in the group well. ( Mrs Bennett)
March
Storywriting/ Masks
Te Iwi I bite everyone. I am a vampire. Te Iwi selected the mask on the ipad that he wanted to have a photo with. He wrote about it and we published his caption and put the pictures on the classroom wall. The objective was to stimulate the children's imaginations. I encouraged him to think about what mask he thought looked scary. He thought that the vampire one was the best. (Mrs Bennett)
Storywriting
I can copy the words in the story now and I am learning to write my letters correctly.(Te Iwi) Te Iwi has only been at Riverslea a little while. He is able to copy the words of the captions he dictates to the teacher. He enjoys sharing his ideas and is beginning to form letters and words correctly He is now beginning to attempt some of his own words. ( Mrs Bennett)
Hakinakina Swimming Sports
We went to the Hakinakinka swimming sports. There were other kids there. It was hot on the bus and lots of kids. My Nanny Lucy came to watch me.(Te Iwi) We all had a great afternoon at the Hakinakina Cluster swimming sports. We were there with TKK, Mangateretere and Omahu. We had fun races like blowing the little ball across the pool with a straw. We also had flutter-board and swimming races. The children loved the free swim in the bigger pool. They were all awesome and all enjoyed themselves. ( Mrs Bennett)
Life Education
I liked Harold the puppet and Whaea. We learnt about healthy food and keeping safe. I put the safe picture up. We keep our heads safe by wearing a helmet on a bike. ( Te Iwi) The children all enjoyed the Life Education Trust visit with Whaea Anne. We studied VIP ( Very Important Person), which we talk about in class as we have a VIP each week. We also learnt about healthy food and the important things that we must do to keep our bodies healthy. Two weeks later the children are still able to name and discuss what we talked about. ( Mrs Bennett).
School Swimming Sports
I was good the school swimming sports.I can do a starfish and float on my front. I can kick with a flutter-board across the pool. (Te Iwi) I took daily swimming lessons with the children and taught them water confidence. All children could get in and put their head under. Some could sit on the bottom. Most can now kick with a flutter-board. All can blow bubbles and kick at the side of the pool. It has been rewarding to see how much the class has increased in water confidnce and skills. I have assessed the children according to the Swim Safe evaluation sheet. ( Mrs Bennett)
February
Swimming
I like to swim now. I can nearly sit on the bottom. I can nearly kick with a flutter board. ( Te Iwi) Te Iwi was a bit reluctant to go in the pool at first. Now he can put his head in the water and go under. He can walk across the pool with a flutter board and kick holding onto the rail at the side of the pool. I am teaching him daily so that he will increase in water confidence and extend his skills. ( Mrs Bennett)
Bike Track
I am learning to ride on the bike track. I want to learn to ride on the PUMP track now. (Te Iwi) I give Te Iwi lots of opportunities to practise his skills. He will ride around the outside of the track but he needs lots of encouragement and is reluctant to try the hills on the PUMP track. He tends to lacks confidence at that. I will keep encouraging him to try and praise his efforts. As it is one of his 2014 goals I am sure he will perserve, as he wants to( Mrs Bennett)
Sue Putt Dental Therapist
Nurse Sue came to show us how to clean our teeth with some big teeth and a big toothbrush. She also brought us all a free toothbrush and some tooth paste for us to clean our teeth after lunch each day. Its called the "Brush In" programme in schools.
Class Rules 2014
We made up 5 class rules. I am showing the 4th one with Sean. He is my friend. "We be nice to others." (Te Iwi) We made up class rules. Te Iwi modelled one of our rules. He could tell me what it means ( Mrs Bennett)
Table of Contents
2015
Pepeha
Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwiKo Shane toku papa
Ko Heidi toku mama
Ko Oceania raua Ko Lyric raua Ko Exzodia aku tuahine
Ko Tureti raua Ko Weteni raua Ko Tama aku tungane
Ko Heretaunga toku kainga
Ko Riverslea toku kura
Ko Te Iwi Teneti taku ingoa
No reira
tena koutou
tena koutou
tena koutou
katoa.
My Goals 2015
February
2014
I am Te Iwi.I like school.
I used to go to Paki Paki school but
I go to Riverslea now.
My Goals 2014
1. Learn to play cricket.
2. Learn to read books (Level 6 ).
3. Learn to ride a bike on the PUMP track.
November/December
We have been very busy with the 4th term activities.
-We had a Survivor day, related to our term Inquiry “Survival.”
We did relays like Crossing the Road, In the City, Water Safety ,
Mountain safety etc. The tamariki loved them.
Thanks to Sally from Sports HB for lending us all the equipment for 2 afternoons.
-We have still been learning with Maths and Writing and Reading.
Some children have made amazing progress. A writing focus is on my teacher registration wiki,
as it was one of my classroom goals for the year.
-We started swimming again in the school pool. All the children are water confident except for one.
-We attended the Hakinakina Athletics day at the HB Sports Park against 7 other schools.
Some children got placed in their age group.
-We all rode in a Double Decker bus to Cornwall park, where we fed the ducks , looked at the birds,
played in the playground and had a swim on the Splash pad.
-Miharo joined the Preschool for their Xmas party at Inflatable World which they really enjoyed.
- Lots of tamariki got trophies at Prizegiving.
-The most amazing event though was our trip to Haumoana Zoo.
This was again related to our Inquiry, the focus being on Survival and animals.
The children fed the lambs, brushed the donkey, said Hello to the talking Cockatiel,
led a Llama around the zoo , held rats and guinea pigs and saw 35 different animals and birds.
To top it all off they had a fun playground too.
-The tamariki have been involved in lots of educational activities and learning
as well as outdoor education experiences too. What a busy and fun term it has been.
Only the school Disco to go. ( Mrs Bennett)
I liked the Inflatable world and Cornwall Park. They were fun.
The best thing was feeding the lambs at the Haumoana Zoo.
We saw how the animals and birds survived cause we fed them.
I can read up to Level 5 now which is nearly my goal and write nearly half a page of my own story.
I can spell some of the words by myself.
I am beginning to get good at Maths in class too.(Te Iwi)
October
We can have fun while learning
We went to the A and P show. We had lots of fun there and learnt lots of things.
We went to the Farmyard zoo and got to hold and pat lots of baby animals.
We went on the rides and found them exciting.
It was hard to eat up all our hotdog and drink our drink as they were big.
We watched the Ronald MacDonald show.
He remembered us from when he came to our school.
He was funny and nice to us.
We loved Mr Mac and Doug the Digger.
Some of us had turns on making the Digger go at the show.
At school 2 days before he let us all climb in his big truck.
(Room 2 Student Voice)
I went to the show with my Nan . I liked the rides and Ronald MacDonald best (Te Iwi)
September
Goals
1. I am still learning how to play cricket. My Poppa is teaching me.2. I am reading books up to Level 3 now.
3. I am learning to ride my bike on some of the PUMP track.
I have to go slowly so that I don't fall off.
The Arts
We have been talking about the Arts in Inquiry. We know that there are 4 Arts that we do.
These are Dance, Drama, Visual Arts such as Crayon and Dye and painting and Music.
We have been doing lots of singing. We sing waiata at Assembly every day and in class.
Mrs Bennett puts the songs up on a data projector and we sing the words and listen
to them on the ipad. We also use instruments as well. We kani kani in class
and at lunchtimes, when the music is on. We have been doing lots of visual Art
such as crayon and dye, shape pictures, collage, painting, masks and pattern pictures
as well as Maori Art.
We also learnt the Legends of Maui and the North Island and Maui and the sun,
as well as fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs.
We had turns saying them back to the class and the preschool. We used finger puppets too.
(Class)
I liked making my Monster picture. It had scary teeth.
Mrs Bennett said my monster picture was great.(Te Iwi)
Writing
I have been learning to write stories. I want to learn to write my own words.
I copy what I say to Mrs Bennett at the moment.
I am getting better at writing words.(Te Iwi)
I have been encouraging Te Iwi to write his own words in stories.
He lacks confidence but is improving in copying words and co-ordination.
I will keep encouraging him to give it a try.
(Mrs Bennett)
August
ipads
I am learning to code on the ipad.
I can make animals and people and things
I can change them and make them bigger and smaller and move.
I can write words and say things and put lots of other things in too.( Te Iwi)
I showed the children how to use Scratch Jnr app on the ipad.
The children can make a variety of characters and change them accordingly.
They can write words or record their voice.
I circulate and assist if needed to support or help.
They are coding because they are giving the ipad directions and changing things around.
Te Iwi loves this learning app and is becoming very successful at it.
(Mrs Bennett)
Duffy Theatre
The Duffy Theatre was awesome. It was funny with lots of things happening. They go to 250 schools around the country.
Duffy’s Uncle didn’t like reading but Rose and Duffy got him to read a book and that helped him
with his Rugby League game and he scored the winning goal. ( Mrs B)
I liked watching the Duffy Theatre.( Te Iwi)
Commonwealth Games
We studied the Commonwealth Games when they were on. They were in Scotland in Glasgow.
We looked at the Opening and Closing Ceremony on the computer.
We all chose a country. Tamihana got the most medals. His team was England.
We all liked the swimming and the Cycling. We got lots of medals in the cycling.
We talked about all the different sports and practised playing games and sports at school.
July
Matariki 30/6/14 - 3/7/14
It was another amazing Matariki week at Riverslea school 2014.
We started Monday with a whanau, school breakfast.
Tuesday we had a Hakinakina sports day, that was lots of fun, with Paki Paki and Whare Tapere schools.
Wednesday we had a Nanny and Papa day .Miharo had 11 Nannys and Papas visiting
our room. Some also helped us to prepare for the Hangi on Thursday.
Thursday we had a huge Matariki festival at the school.
The children were great with our Kapa Haka and there was a hangi, stalls
and other schools and people and whanau as well as Mayfair Kindegarten visiting.
We had Camberley, Hastings Intermediate and Karamu perform as well.
Henare OKeefe was DJ for part of the morning.
The hangi was a highlight with Dads, Koros and whanau helping out.
Other whanau helped behind the scenes with all the activities, sausage sizzle for the performers etc.
What am amazing successful week.
Ka mau te wihi ( Mrs Bennett).
I liked the whanau breakfast and playing all the games best.
I liked the Special Assembly too, as I got a lego prize for
making good choices. (Te Iwi)
June
An example of Te Iwi's storywriting. Also Te Iwi at PMP.
Learning
I am learning to read harder books. My goal was Level 6 . I am up to Level 2/3 now.I used to be at Level 1 at the beginning of the term.
I can copy 2 sentences. I need to learn to write some of my own words now.
I don't like writing stories sometimes.
I am getting better at playing cricket and also riding
my bike on the PUMP track. I can go on it slowly.
I like PMP. I am learning to balance.
We do cool things. (Te Iwi)
I am supporting and motivating Te Iwi with his reading and writing.
He needs to build more self confidence.
He is capable of writing some of his own words in stories.
His reading comprehension is improving.
He reads more for meaning now.
Next we want to improve his reading levels
and motivate him to produce his own stories independently.
(Mrs Bennett)
May
Miharo Learning (Literacy and Numeracy)
I am learning to write words and numbers by myself.
I can do it on the whiteboards or on the ipads.
I like the new Maths apps.
I can make patterns and add numbers.
I like playing alphabet bingo. I know lots of alphabet letters now.
I made a comic life with Parekaawera.
I want to learn to write more words and numbers.
I can count to 12. ( Te Iwi)
Te Iwi likes playing alphabet bingo.
He has extra alphabet work in a small group of 4 with Mrs Donaldson
4 days a week to reinforce alphabet names, sounds and related words.
Te Iwi is also practising learning and writing numbers both on mini whiteboards
and the ipads. He can also use the Maths apps well on the ipad which he enjoys.
Te Iwi is learning to recognise numbers to 12. He can orally count and copy numbers.
Next he will learn to recognise all numbers up to 15.
Te Iwi especially enjoyed the Tuakan-teina activity where he made a comic life
on the ipad with Parekaarewa.
(Mrs Bennett)
Skipping (Jump Rope For Heart)
I didn't know how to skip. I can do over 10 skips now.
I can run and skip like Boyden. I want to get better at skipping. (Te Iwi)
The school is involved in a Jump Rope for Heart programme.
Most of Room 2 could not skip. All but one can skip forwards now.
The tamariki are now learning to jump backwards and do skill jumping
such as ski jump and bell jump.
Most children can run around the court skipping.
One boy who could not skip has gone from no skips to 30 on the spot
in just 2 weeks. The programme is for 6 weeks.
On June 13th 2014 we will have a Jump Rope for Heart skipping activity afternoon
for the children and whanau.
Children are setting goals to achieve that afternoon.
The emphasis is on participation and fun. ( Mrs Bennett)
April
Goals
I am learning to go round some of the PUMP track.
I can play cricket too.
I am learning to read books. (Te Iwi)
I support Te Iwi by helping him develop his reading skills.
He is in a small reading group of 4 so has a lot of individual attention.
He has moved up 1 reading level this term so far.
I am also giving Te Iwi lots of opportunities to ride around the edge
of the PUMP track and play cricket at Interval and lunchtimes.
Next Term we will progress to harder levels in Reading.
(Mrs Bennett).
Walking Safely
Constable Phil is teaching us to walk safely.
We are learning to cross the road safely.
We know where to stand and know parts of the road such as the kerb and the gutter.
Duffy Role Model Assembly
We had Diana Queenin as our Duffy Role Model. She talked about Dinosaurs
and showed us fossils. She also told us how important it is to read to help our learning.
The children loved the Duffy books that they chose.
ipads
I built a school with Etama on the ipad. It is really big.
I had to match the colours and the shapes.(Te Iwi)
As part of our Geometry unit in Maths the children had to build either a school
or a house in pairs. They had to use attributes such as shapes,pattern,direction,size and colour.
The children worked well together and enjoyed the activity. ( Mrs Bennett)
Prizegiving
Te Iwi got a Duffy book award at the end of Term One Assembly.
This was for being on task, listening and participating in the group well. ( Mrs Bennett)
March
Storywriting/ Masks
Te Iwi
I bite everyone.
I am a vampire.
Te Iwi selected the mask on the ipad that he wanted to have a photo with.
He wrote about it and we published his caption
and put the pictures on the classroom wall.
The objective was to stimulate the children's imaginations.
I encouraged him to think about what mask he thought looked scary.
He thought that the vampire one was the best.
(Mrs Bennett)
Storywriting
I can copy the words in the story now and
I am learning to write my letters correctly.(Te Iwi)
Te Iwi has only been at Riverslea a little while.
He is able to copy the words of the captions he dictates to the teacher.
He enjoys sharing his ideas and is beginning to form letters and words correctly
He is now beginning to attempt some of his own words.
( Mrs Bennett)
Hakinakina Swimming Sports
We went to the Hakinakinka swimming sports. There were other kids there.
It was hot on the bus and lots of kids. My Nanny Lucy came to watch me.(Te Iwi)
We all had a great afternoon at the Hakinakina Cluster swimming sports.
We were there with TKK, Mangateretere and Omahu.
We had fun races like blowing the little ball across the pool with a straw.
We also had flutter-board and swimming races.
The children loved the free swim in the bigger pool.
They were all awesome and all enjoyed themselves. ( Mrs Bennett)
Life Education
I liked Harold the puppet and Whaea. We learnt about healthy food and keeping safe.
I put the safe picture up.
We keep our heads safe by wearing a helmet on a bike. ( Te Iwi)
The children all enjoyed the Life Education Trust visit with Whaea Anne.
We studied VIP ( Very Important Person), which we talk about in class
as we have a VIP each week.
We also learnt about healthy food and the important things that we must do to keep our bodies healthy.
Two weeks later the children are still able to name and discuss what we talked about. ( Mrs Bennett).
School Swimming Sports
I was good the school swimming sports.I can do a starfish
and float on my front.
I can kick with a flutter-board across the pool. (Te Iwi)
I took daily swimming lessons with the children and taught them water confidence.
All children could get in and put their head under.
Some could sit on the bottom. Most can now kick with a flutter-board.
All can blow bubbles and kick at the side of the pool.
It has been rewarding to see how much the class has increased in water confidnce and skills.
I have assessed the children according to the Swim Safe evaluation sheet. ( Mrs Bennett)
February
Swimming
I like to swim now. I can nearly sit on the bottom.
I can nearly kick with a flutter board. ( Te Iwi)
Te Iwi was a bit reluctant to go in the pool at first.
Now he can put his head in the water and go under.
He can walk across the pool with a flutter board and kick holding onto the rail at the side of the pool.
I am teaching him daily so that he will increase in water confidence and extend his skills. ( Mrs Bennett)
Bike Track
I am learning to ride on the bike track.
I want to learn to ride on the PUMP track now. (Te Iwi)
I give Te Iwi lots of opportunities to practise his skills.
He will ride around the outside of the track but
he needs lots of encouragement and is reluctant
to try the hills on the PUMP track. He tends to lacks confidence at that.
I will keep encouraging him to try and praise his efforts.
As it is one of his 2014 goals
I am sure he will perserve, as he wants to( Mrs Bennett)
Sue Putt Dental Therapist
Nurse Sue came to show us how to clean our teeth with some big teeth and a big toothbrush.
She also brought us all a free toothbrush and some tooth paste for us to clean our teeth
after lunch each day.
Its called the "Brush In" programme in schools.
Class Rules 2014
We made up 5 class rules.
I am showing the 4th one with Sean.
He is my friend.
"We be nice to others." (Te Iwi)
We made up class rules. Te Iwi modelled one of our rules.
He could tell me what it means ( Mrs Bennett)